By
Jaclyn Jaeger2020-10-23T20:45:00
Compliance officers in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries should look beyond the $8 billion fine Purdue Pharma received from the DOJ and at the bigger enforcement trend highlighting the need for better oversight in the field.
2022-02-02T18:42:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
False Claims Act settlements totaled more than $5.6 billion in the past federal fiscal year, the second-largest amount ever collected by the government in FCA actions in one year, according to the Department of Justice.
2021-07-29T17:27:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Three major drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson reached a proposed $26 billion multistate agreement for their alleged roles in fueling the nationwide opioid epidemic. The settlement imparts compliance lessons on the pharmaceutical industry at large.
2021-02-04T18:34:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
McKinsey & Company reached a $573 million settlement with 49 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia related to consulting services it provided to pharmaceutical companies that directly contributed to the opioid epidemic.
2025-10-29T20:04:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shut down a registry of non-bank financial firms that broke consumer laws. The agency cites the costs being ”not justified by the speculative and unquantified benefits to consumers.”
2025-10-28T21:11:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Senate Democrats warned OMB Director Russell Vought Tuesday that it would be illegal for the Trump administration to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, citing a recent court decision barring actions that could severely harm the agency.
2025-10-23T20:36:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
It has been nearly six months now since the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division released its memorandum on the selection of compliance monitors. This article provides a critical analysis of the monitorships that received early terminations, those that remain in place, and the broader compliance lessons they impart.
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